All too often, instead of a specialized social care worker, emergency calls related to issues of mental health are inadequately addressed by the police. In New York City, though, that will soon no longer be the case. Thanks to a new pilot program, 911 calls in New York City that … [Read more...] about NYC will try a police-free approach to addressing mental health crises
Emergency calls
This program is focused on improving 911 responses to mental health issues
All too often, emergency calls related to issues of mental health are inadequately addressed by the police, instead of a specialized social care worker. But in Dallas, that’s not necessarily always the case. If you call 911 in certain neighborhoods in Dallas, a licensed … [Read more...] about This program is focused on improving 911 responses to mental health issues